Code Enforcement Division
Mission
"To protect the health, safety, and welfare of DeSoto County residents through education, cooperation, and compliance"
Code Enforcement is that branch of the local governing body responsible for the enforcement of that body’s Civil Codes and Ordinances. Codes and Ordinances have been adopted over the years to protect the health, safety and welfare of all residents and to establish the standards that insure a positive effect on property value, community appearance and neighborhood pride.
Division statistics as of 12/5/2018
Residents increasingly expect mobile access to local government, and we wanted to offer you a simple way to tap right into our agency and quickly submit a request while on the go. GORequest Mobile application is completely integrated with our Code Enforcement complaint tracking solution, making it easy for you to submit , track and stay updated on the issues you report.
Submit request to us @ http://user.govoutreach.com/desotoco/
Download the GoRequest App:

Benefits for residents:
• Easily report issues like, abandoned vehicles, overgrown grass, development without permits or any unsafe issues.
• Global positioning system (GPS) and camera features built into the mobile devices make it simple for residents to send us a photo and location of the issue
• Easy for residents to check the status of issues reported.
• Issues go directly into the GORequest customer service system and are automatically delivered to the right staff member
Residents can easily submit an issue on the go.
• A picture is worth a thousand words – with GORequest Mobile, a photo and GPS coordinates allow us to efficiently find and fix issues.
• Around the clock service through the iPhone, Android phone, any smartphone, web, email, and phone – improving our service
- DeSoto County Land Development Regulations
- DeSoto County Engineering Standard Details Revised: March 24, 2016
Additional Department Pages

Jorge L. Hernandez
Director
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Ph: (863) 491-6165
Fax: (863) 491-6163
201 E Oak St | Suite 204
Arcadia | Florida | 34266
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Thomas Turnbull
Code Enforcement Officer
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Ph: (863) 491-6165
Arcadia | Florida | 33873
Sharon C. Gray
Code Enforcement Officer
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Ph: (863) 491-6165
Fax: (863) 491-6163
Arcadia | Florida | 34266